Augustus moore and john aylwerd



@tnind States stent (twine.

AUGUSTUS MOORE AND JOHN AYLWERD, OF MISSION SAN JOS,

f CALIFORNIA.A

Letters .Patent No. 93,466, dated August 10, 186i).

IMPROVEMENTJN ARRIAG-ELPOLES AND SHAFTS COMBINED.

The Schedule referred to vin these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To lall whom. z't may concern:

lie-,it known that we, AUGUs'rUs MOORE and JOHN AYLWERD, of the Mission San Jos, county of Alameda, and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage- Pole's and Shafts or rlhills Combined; and we do hereby declare thatI the following description and accompanying drawings are sufiicient to enable any person skilled. in the art orscience to which it most nearly apperta-ins, to make and use our said invention or improvements, without further invention or experiment.

Referring' to the drawings, and letters marked thereomfor a better explanation 'of our inventionyFigure lis a plan ofthe pole, with the thills in position, shown by dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a plan of cap for the end of pole, when the thills are placed in position-to form it.

Figure 25 represents a plan of the thills after adjustment from the pole.

The nature of our imention eonsists in dividing the pole longitudinally from end to end, so that by removing the cap at the end of the pole, and turning the two divisions bot-tom up, and spreading them apart,'and adjusting the whifiietrees, perfect thills are t vformed for one horse, without the delay in uncoupling from the` vehicle, to change from pole to shafts.

aa represent the two divisions ofthe pole B, which are kept apart by a lug or top piece, vb,fto which the llateral brace-rods c c are attached, the two divisions resting on the plate, and are Hush withtlle top ofthe centre-piece. ,A

The top or ,centre-pieceis pierced for a bolt. d, which holds the evener j, to which the two whiiiletrees are connected.-

Holes are also made i-n thetwo divisions ofthe pole, on-a line with the evener, for two screw-bolts, e e, which pass through the holes in the shafts, and the evener now acts asa brace or cross-bar for-the one placed inthe cent-re of theyev'ener, and shafts are formed for one horse, with as regular curves as if they .had been constrected and attached permanently at lirst. (Shown by dotted lines, iig. 1.) The `coupling connection of the thills through the cross-bar 71y is such that it admits of their being easily turned.

By this means a carriagepole for two horses or thills for one horse canl be quickly and easily formed, and without the necessary expense of obtaining and keeping the two at hand.v

As a general thing, good tough wood will answer for the construction of `our device, while the cap at the en'dof the pole may bemade of metal.

Having thus described our invention,

XVhat we claim, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent, is-l The' device described, consisting?T of the -thills a a, unit-ing to form the pole B, evenerf, braces c c, and cap g, the whole being constructed, arranged, and operated in the manner described for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

AUGUSTUS MOORE. [1.. s] JOHN AYLNVERD. [1.. 5.]

Witnesses O. WM. SMITH, JAs.'M. Yoson. 

